Water Privileges

If you are reading this it is more than likely that you will have woken up this morning and found as you usually do that the taps turn on and water flows to clean your teeth or take your shower. This morning I woke early as a friend arrived on the early train. All was...
The Big Why

The Big Why

Simon Sinek in his inspiring TED talk says very few people and organisations know why they do what they do.  Without understanding and clarity about this core question – all discussion about their product or cause is flat and colourless, lacking the pizzazz that...

What I learned from Indian Bureaucracy

You might think I learned to follow the rules, or that the Indian bureaucratic system was embroiled into a complete mess.. or possibly I could have learned that the best thing to do when entangled in these webs was to listen carefully and totally follow what is...
Embarrassed, shy? Get over it and smile.

Embarrassed, shy? Get over it and smile.

I wake early on Saturday morning – its relatively quiet yet.. kids doing sport yelling deep in the background – birds – the occasional rickshaw sputtering. The sound of the mop and bucket cleaning the tiles downstairs. The metallic clatter of the...